Kennedy Makondo

Proinsulin C-peptide increases nitric oxide production by enhancing mitogen-activated protein-kinase-dependent transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in aortic endothelial cells of Wistar rats

Takanori Kitamura, Kazuhiro Kimura, Kennedy Makondo et al. · Diabetologia · 2003 · 103 citations · Full text

Proinsulin C-peptide rapidly stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinases in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts: requirement of protein kinase C, phosphoinositide 3-kinase and pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein

Takanori Kitamura, Kazuhiro Kimura, Bae-Dong Jung et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2001 · 94 citations · Full text

Proinsulin C-peptide activates cAMP response element-binding proteins through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in mouse lung capillary endothelial cells

Takanori Kitamura, Kazuhiro Kimura, Bae-Dong Jung et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2002 · 71 citations · Full text

Immunology, P38 Mitogen-activated Protein, Insulin Signaling +19

Inverse regulation of leptin mRNA expression by short- and long-chain fatty acids in cultured bovine adipocytes

Mohamed Mohamed Soliman, Kazuhiro Kimura, Mohamed M. Ahmed et al. · Domestic Animal Endocrinology · 2006 · 64 citations · Full text

Inverse Regulation, Metabolic Syndrome, Long-chain Fatty Acids +13

Proinsulin C-peptide rapidly stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinases in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts: requirement of protein kinase C, phosphoinositide 3-kinase and pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein

Takanori Kitamura, Kazuhiro Kimura, Bae-Dong Jung et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2001 · 48 citations

Immunology, Cytoskeleton, Pertussis Toxin-sensitive G-protein +22